Election results live updates: Mark Carney’s Liberals projected to form next government
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Supporters of Jagmeet Singh’s New Democratic Party watch results on television at a reception in Burnaby, B.C.Tijana Martin/The Globe and Mail
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04/28/25 23:59
Liberals take clear lead in Quebec, as Bloc hopes to claim balance of power
– The Canadian Press
People line up to vote outside a polling place on federal election day in Montreal, Canada on April 28, 2025.ALEXIS AUBIN/AFP/Getty Images
As of 11:25 p.m., the Liberals were leading or elected in 41 Quebec ridings compared with 25 for the Bloc Québécois, and had a roughly eight-point lead in the popular vote. The Conservatives were leading or elected in 11 ridings, and the NDP was elected in one. The Bloc is looking to retain enough ridings to claim the balance of power.
At the Bloc’s Montreal watch party, there was little reaction when the TV networks declared a Liberal government. People in the room continued to cheer on Bloc candidates who were in tight races as they appeared on screens.
By 11 p.m., Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, Canadian Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault and Employment Minister Steven MacKinnon had been re-elected. Former minister Jean-Yves Duclos had also been re-elected in his Quebec City riding.
The Liberals were leading or elected in several ridings around the Island of Montreal, including the riding of La Prairie—Atateken, held by Bloc House leader Alain Therrien. The suburban ridings around Montreal are traditionally friendly to the Bloc, and political observers see it as a bellwether region.
04/28/25 23:57
Elections Canada says website difficulties weren’t security issue
– Emily Haws
Elections Canada says problems some voters experienced with its main website on Monday for several hours after the first polls closed are not related to a security incident.
“We continue to deal with a technical issue and are investigating the exact cause. We can confirm this is not a security incident,” Elections Canada spokesperson Diane Benson said in a statement just after 11 p.m. ET. “In the interim, we are using our contingency website, which was designed for such situations.”
She said that the agency became aware of issues around 7 p.m. ET, and at 9:15 p.m., a contingency measure was put in place to allow voters to access the main website. However, she said, the online Voter Information Service remained unavailable.
“We are actively working on resolving the issue,” she said. “We informed electors on our social media platforms how to find [their] assigned polling station.”
04/28/25 23:55
Alberta set to remain Conservative stronghold
– Carrie Tait
Voters arrive to a polling station, on election day in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada May 29, 2023.AMBER BRACKEN/Reuters
Alberta is set to return a platoon of Conservative candidates to Ottawa in Monday’s federal election, although tight races are expected in a handful of city ridings, underlining the province’s rural-urban divide.
The Conservative Party was on track to win most of Alberta’s 37 ridings, including seats in Edmonton and Calgary. The Tories won 30 of the 34 seats in 2021, with the Liberals and New Democratic Party each picking up two ridings.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith put the question of Alberta sovereignty on the ballot this spring when she declared that Canada would face an “unprecedented national unity crisis” if the next prime minister did not acquiesce to a list of her demands related to energy policy within six months. It was a shot at Liberal Leader Mark Carney and brought the idea of Alberta separatism to the forefront.
Read more about election results in Alberta.
04/28/25 23:50
– Marsha Lederman
Opinion: What does it mean that two party leaders are trailing in their ridings?
It’s early yet, let me emphasize, but two of the three main party leaders are currently trailing in their ridings: Pierre Poilievre is behind Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy in Carleton (which had a very, shall we say, well-populated ballot). And in Burnaby Central, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is currently trailing both the Conservative and Liberal candidates. Again, this is very early in the count (if it’s getting late in the night), so things will change. But how and by what margin?
04/28/25 23:45
Quebec NDP Ruth Ellen Brosseau fails to overtake Bloc incumbent
– Globe staff
A campaign sign for NDP MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau is shown in Louiseville, Que., on Sunday, October 6th, 2019.Kayle Neis/The Globe and Mail
Former NDP MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau, the face of the 2011 “Orange Wave,” failed in her attempt at a political comeback, with Bloc incumbent Yves Perron winning his seat. Ms. Brousseau was seeking to win Berthier—Maskinongé, a riding that she lost in 2019 and again in 2021.
04/28/25 23:35
Former cabinet minister Sean Fraser re-elected in Nova Scotia riding
– Globe staff
Former Liberal housing minister Sean Fraser has won the Nova Scotia riding of Central Nova, beating his Conservative challenger Brycen Jenkins. Mr. Fraser had initially announced he would not run again in December, but reversed his decision about three months after he told Canadians he wanted to spend more time with his family. He was among a number of Liberals who had planned to step aside as the party saw its polling fortunes plummet.
04/28/25 23:30
Projected Carney win evokes Paul Martin’s 2004 Liberal victory
– Chris Hannay
Former Canadian prime minister Paul Martin at the Liberal Party Leadership 2006 convention at the Palais des Congres in Montreal, 02 December 2006.STRINGER/Getty Images
Looking at how the results stand right now, my mind is going back to the 2004 election. In that vote, new Liberal leader Paul Martin won 135 seats, which was 20 shy of a majority. The NDP won 19 seats, one short of holding the balance of power. Drama filled Parliament for the next 18 months as Mr. Martin tried to survive confidence votes. Eventually, the government fell at the end of 2005, and the Conservatives won in early 2006.
04/28/25 23:20
Early election results show Liberal-Tory split in Ontario
– The Canadian Press
People walk to a polling station for Canada’s federal election, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 28, 2025.Arlyn McAdorey/Reuters
As preliminary results started populating election maps Monday night, Ontario was awash in blue and red, with not a speck of orange to be seen.
Liberals under Mark Carney are projected to form government, though it is still unclear whether that will be a minority or a majority.
As of just after 11 p.m., the Liberals were leading or elected in about 65 seats in the province, and the Conservatives were leading and elected in 56 seats.
Green Party incumbent Mike Morrice was in a close race with the Conservative candidate to keep his seat in Kitchener Centre.
During the 2021 election, the NDP won five seats, but the party was not ahead in any of those ridings Monday night, including the stronghold of Hamilton Centre.
04/28/25 23:15
Liberals retake Toronto-St. Paul’s
– Laura Stone
The Liberals have regained the riding of Toronto-St. Paul’s, which the party lost in June in what was widely seen as a repudiation of former leader Justin Trudeau.
Liberal Leslie Church, a former top staffer to Chrystia Freeland in Mr. Trudeau’s government, won the riding back from Conservative Don Stewart.
The riding was a Liberal stalwart for decades but turned Tory blue in a by-election this summer.
04/28/25 23:00
Mark Carney to install new cabinet, recall Parliament early to cut taxes and open U.S. trade talks
– Robert Fife, Steven Chase
Liberal Leader Mark Carney leaves a polling station after casting his ballot in the federal election in Ottawa on Monday, April 28, 2025.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
Mark Carney is expected to name a new cabinet within two weeks of his election victory and recall Parliament soon after.
A senior Liberal official told The Globe and Mail that by Canada Day, the new government plans to bring in a new budget that includes a promised middle-class tax cut and legislation to remove federal impediments to interprovincial trade.
The Globe is not identifying the official who was not authorized to discuss the Carney government’s plans.
Mr. Carney, who was projected to win his Ottawa-area riding, has promised to initiate immediate new trade and security negotiations with the Trump administration as Canada braces for tariffs on autos and auto parts that are expected to take effect on May 3.
He also intends to put a new face on the cabinet that will stand out from that of his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, the official said. The cabinet will be no larger than 30 people, smaller than Mr. Trudeau’s 37, the official said. Mr. Carney unveiled a 24-member cabinet when he became prime minister on March 14.
04/28/25 22:56
Former Speaker Greg Fergus re-elected
– Chris Hannay
Former Speaker of the House of Commons Greg Fergus appears as a witness at a House of Commons standing committee on procedure and house affairs on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
Liberal Greg Fergus has been re-elected in Hull—Aylmer, a Quebec riding across the Ottawa River from Parliament Hill. Mr. Fergus was Speaker of the House before the election, and the first Black parliamentarian to serve in that role. He was first elected as an MP in 2015.
04/28/25 22:51
PPC Leader Maxime Bernier loses his Quebec race
– Laura Stone
Maxime Bernier has lost – again.
The leader of the People’s Party of Canada, who split with the Conservatives in 2018, lost the Quebec riding of Beauce to Conservative Jason Groleau.
Mr. Bernier, who held Beauce for more than a decade until 2019, finished a distant fourth in Monday’s contest, according to preliminary results.
The People’s Party was seen as a challenger to the Conservatives in the past two elections, but with Pierre Poilievre taking over the Tory leadership in 2022, Mr. Bernier has struggled to retain relevance within the conservative movement.
Including two by-elections, the 2025 result is his fifth straight loss since leaving the Conservative Party.
04/28/25 22:51
Mark Carney to remain Prime Minister
– Robert Fife, Steven Chase
Mark Carney, the former central banker who was seeking elected office for the first time, is set to lead the Liberals to victory in an election that was upended by Donald Trump’s trade war and musings about annexation amid persistent concerns about spiralling cost-of-living.
The Liberals were in a two-party race in Atlantic Canada as polls closed in much of the country. The Liberals were ahead with about 25 seats, even as the Conservatives performed strongly.
The vote is a remarkable turnaround from only three months ago, when Pierre Poilievre’s populist Conservatives were poised to win a massive majority owing in large part to voter fatigue with Justin Trudeau’s minority government.
Mr. Carney’s ascension as Liberal Leader and the U.S. President’s tariffs and 51st state threats led to a Liberal resurgence that loomed over the 37-day campaign, turning the contest into a two-way race with the Conservatives.
04/28/25 22:49
Conservatives on pace to grow seat count
– Chris Hannay
Although the Conservatives are not projected to win the most seats tonight, they are on track to do better than they have in the past two elections.
The Conservatives won 121 seats in 2019 under leader Andrew Scheer and 119 seats in 2021 under leader Erin O’Toole. The party, under leader Pierre Poilievre, is currently leading or elected in at least 130 seats. The party also currently has close to 40 per cent of the popular vote, the best they’ve done since 2011. Unfortunately, in this election, it may not be enough.
04/28/25 22:37
Bloc’s Plamondon, an MP since 1984 and long-time Dean of the House, wins another term
– Chris Hannay
Louis Plamondon has been re-elected in Bécancour–Nicolet–Saurel–Alnôbak, a riding across the St. Lawrence River from Trois-Rivières. Mr. Plamondon is the Dean of the House and has been a member of Parliament continuously since 1984. He was elected as a Progressive Conservative in 1984 and 1988, then broke away to help form the Bloc Québécois. He’s been elected as a Bloc MP ever since. He is 81.
As Dean of the House, Mr. Plamondon has a ceremonial role in the first days of a new Parliament to preside over the election of officials such as the Speaker of the House. He’s been the Dean since 2008. He was also interim speaker for a week in 2023.
04/28/25 22:28
Liberals flip seat in Nova Scotia where Conservative beat former cabinet minister in 2021
– Lindsay Jones
In a significant flip in Nova Scotia, South Shore–St. Margarets Liberal candidate Jessica Fancy-Landry beat out incumbent Conservative Rick Perkins, who defeated former fisheries minister Bernadette Jordan in 2021.
Another Nova Scotia riding to watch as the evening unfolds is Central Nova, where Conservative candidate Brycen Jenkins and Liberal incumbent Sean Fraser, who came out of retirement at the request of Liberal Leader Mark Carney, are still duking it out.
Liberal Leader Mark Carney gestures next to parliamentary candidate Sean Fraser during his visit to a book store in Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia, on March 25, 2025.Blair Gable/Reuters
04/28/25 22:25
Bloc unseats former Liberal cabinet minister
– Chris Hannay
The Bloc Québécois’ Alexis Deschênes has won in Gaspésie–Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine–Listuguj, unseating long-time Liberal incumbent Diane Lebouthillier. Ms. Lebouthillier had represented the riding since 2015 and was minister of national revenue – a.k.a minister of the Canada Revenue Agency – for most of Justin Trudeau’s time as prime minister. She was moved to the fisheries portfolio toward the end of his tenure, and she was not selected by Mark Carney for his cabinet.
04/28/25 22:25
– Marsha Lederman
The polls have now closed in B.C. and Yukon (but if you’re in line to vote, stay in line!). Many of us out here on the West Coast have become accustomed to having an election called shortly thereafter – and here we are, yet again. A Liberal government.
But there’s still a lot to be determined – and it may come down to results from British Columbia. We matter! Also uncertain: just how badly the NDP will do. It is very much a two-party race tonight and things are looking very rough for the New Democrats.
04/28/25 22:19
Liberals projected to form next government
– Laura Stone
Mark Carney, now projected to remain Prime Minister in a fourth Liberal government, speaks in Saanichton, B.C. earlier on Election Day,Carlos Osorio/Reuters
The Liberals are projected to form the next government – but it’s still unclear whether it will be minority or a majority.
That means Mark Carney will become prime minister, but he may need to work with another party to get legislation passed if he does not win a plurality of seats in the Commons.
04/28/25 22:05
– Gary Mason
Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-François Blanchet speaks during a federal election campaign stop at a Bombardier facility in Dorval, Que., Thursday, April 24, 2025.Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press
Opinion: Bloc could play role as kingmaker in next government
While it is dangerous to draw any conclusions or make any assumptions this early in the evening with so many votes still to come in, it’s not premature to imagine something like a Liberal minority government.
(It’s harder to imagine a Conservative minority government because it’s difficult to conceive of either the Bloc or the NDP propping the Tories up.)
This leads to a potential scenario in which Yves-François Blanchet – who recently called Canada an “artificial country” with “very little meaning” – ends up playing the role of kingmaker. Only in Canada.
04/28/25 22:00
Last polls close in B.C., Yukon
– Moira Wyton
Voters line up at a polling location at the Collingwood Neighbourhood House in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday, April 28, 2025.Lindsey Wasson/The Associated Press
Polls across Canada have all now closed, with British Columbia and Yukon being the last to wrap up at 7 p.m. local time.
There are 43 seats up for grabs in B.C. and several are expected to be battlegrounds, including NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s Burnaby riding. Yukon has a single riding to be determined this evening.
04/28/25 21:57
Conservatives pick up two seats in Newfoundland and Labrador
– Lindsay Jones
Results for Newfoundland and Labrador showed the Conservatives picking up two seats.
In the riding of Long Range Mountains, Conservative candidate Carol Anstey, a real estate agent who contested the seat in the last federal election, flipped it from Liberal to Conservative.
In the riding of Terra Nova–The Peninsulas, Conservative candidate Jonathan Rowe was declared the winner.
Conservative incumbent Clifford Small has held onto his seat in Central Newfoundland, while Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson has also won back the riding of St. John’s East.
04/28/25 21:55
Incumbent Liberal Sean Fraser locked in tight battle for Nova Scotia riding
– Matt Lundy
Just shy of 9:30 p.m. ET, Mr. Fraser was trailing Conservative candidate Brycen Jenkins by roughly 450 votes.PATRICK DOYLE/The Canadian Press
Sean Fraser, a stalwart cabinet minister in the Trudeau government, is locked in a tight battle for re-election in the Nova Scotia riding of Central Nova. Just shy of 9:30 p.m. ET, Mr. Fraser was trailing Conservative candidate Brycen Jenkins by roughly 450 votes, in what is effectively a two-party race.
Mr. Fraser served as cabinet minister in two areas – immigration and housing – where the Liberals were criticized in recent years for their policy decisions. He initially wasn’t going to run for re-election, citing his desire to spend more time with his family, but was lured back by Liberal Leader Mark Carney.
04/28/25 21:50
Conservatives expected to dominate in Alberta as polls close in Prairies
– Alanna Smith
A voter enters a polling station to cast a ballots in the federal election in Calgary, Monday, April 28, 2025.Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press
Polling stations in Alberta are now closed. There are 37 seats at stake in the province, up from 34 the last go-around. The Conservatives are expected to dominate Alberta again, but the Liberals could gain ground in the province’s two largest cities, Calgary and Edmonton.
In 2021, the Conservatives won all but four ridings in Alberta. The Liberals and New Democratic Party picked up two ridings each. But this election could be different.
Here are some ridings to watch as results trickle in: Calgary Centre, Calgary Confederation, Calgary Skyview, Edmonton Gateway, Edmonton Griesbach and Edmonton Southeast.
04/28/25 21:45
Liberal cabinet minister Dominic LeBlanc re-elected; ‘hopeful’ for majority
– Laura Stone
Liberal Dominic LeBlanc, re-elected in New Brunswick in the riding he’s held since 2000, says he’s hoping for a Liberal majority government, but acknowledged it is “fair” to say the party was expecting better initial results in Atlantic Canada.
Speaking to CBC’s Rosemary Barton shortly after 9 p.m. ET, Mr. LeBlanc said there are a lot of votes yet to be counted and that the slower results are linked to heavy turnouts in both advance polls and on election day. Initial results showed the Liberals elected in 22 ridings and the Tories in 10 – meaning the Conservatives picked up seats in a region the Liberals had hoped to sweep.
“I think that we should still be very confident in Mr. Carney’s campaign, and I’m confident that there’s going to be a Liberal government. It could be a majority government, but we’ll see as we get into the heavy numbers in Ontario, Quebec and provinces like British Columbia,” Mr. LeBlanc said.
04/28/25 21:20
A to-do list for Canada’s next prime minister
– Globe Staff
Illustration by Romain Lasser
There is already a long list of urgent challenges awaiting the country’s next leader – whoever he may be – after tonight’s election.
From Trump and housing to health care and immigration, here are eight pressing issues the next government will face.
Read the new PM’s full to-do list.
04/28/25 21:15
Elections Canada website back up
– Emily Haws
At 9:05 p.m. ET, the Elections Canada main website was back up and running, though the agency said not everything had been restored.
The agency has a note at the top of the webpage stating that it is having technical difficulties, and as a result some of the online services and tools are unavailable.
“We are aware of the issue and are working hard to fix it,” the note reads. “We apologize for any inconvenience.”
Elections Canada’s results page is also accessible here.
04/28/25 21:10
– John Turley-Ewart
A man holds a Canadian flag attached to a hockey stick during a rally for national pride outside the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada April 6, 2025.Ed White/Reuters
Opinion: The question is – will it be different this time?
Regardless of who wins this election, one thing is clear: Canada cannot continue as it has.
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development forecasts Canada’s long-term GDP per capita growth last among 38 advanced economies. Many people are struggling, and food-bank lineups are long and visible. Eighteen per cent of people in those food-bank lines have jobs. And first-time homebuyers are typically moving past middle age, almost 40 years old, according to RBC Economics. For decades, average real incomes flatlined while inflation chewed away at Canadian living standards.
Party platforms released during the campaign have failed to meet the magnitude of reform needed to reverse Canada’s economic decline.
Encouraging competition, improving productivity and living standards is not a mystery. It’s been done before.
So, will the new government rise to the challenge? Our prosperity depends on it. Read the full column here.
04/28/25 21:05
Incoming results in Atlantic Canada not far off from 2021 election
– Chris Hannay
Results in Atlantic Canada are showing a close race. So far, 12 seats have been called for the Liberals and five for the Conservatives – not far off from the results in 2021. The Conservatives have picked up one seat so far, and it looks like they could possibly pick up another one or maybe two. Three of the Liberals elected are Leader Mark Carney’s cabinet ministers — Joanne Thompson was elected in St. John’s East, Kody Blois was elected in Kings-Hants and Dominic LeBlanc was elected in Beauséjour. But there’s neither a big red wave nor a blue one. These are surprisingly good results for incumbents so far, given how tumultuous politics has been in recent months.
04/28/25 21:00
How many seats for a majority government, and what happens if no party reaches it?
– Chris Hannay
If no party wins a majority of seats tonight – that is, at least 172 – we get to revisit the rules for a minority government. We’ve been here many times before: 2021, 2019, 2008, 2006 and 2004, just to name a few. In all those cases, the party that won the most seats went on to form government. The party in power survived confidence votes by aligning with another party on either a case-by-case basis (under Stephen Harper, and in Justin Trudeau’s first minority term), or through a formal agreement (the Liberal-NDP pact signed in 2022).
But the actual convention is that the incumbent party in power should get a first crack at forming government. This becomes relevant if, say, two parties win almost an equal number of seats. That hasn’t been an issue federally in generations. But it has mattered on a provincial level. For example, in the 2017 B.C. election, Christy Clark’s Liberals won 43 seats, one shy of a majority. Her government was toppled by John Horgan’s NDP, which had won 41 seats, but was backed up by three Green MLAs.
04/28/25 20:55
Elections Canada website experiencing difficulties, but cause unknown
– Emily Haws
Elections Canada has confirmed that some voters were experiencing difficulties accessing the agency’s website.
In a statement, the Elections Canada media-relations team said it was informed about the issue at 7 p.m. ET.
“We are currently investigating the issue,” the agency said. “We informed electors on our social media platforms how to find their assigned polling station.”
Voters can find their polling location by checking their voter information card, contacting their local Elections Canada office, or calling the national phone line at 1-800-463-6868, it said.
The statement did not offer a timeline for when the website is expected to be back up and running. The site’s results tracker — and specific riding information — is still operational.
04/28/25 20:45
– Shannon Proudfoot
Supporters for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre file in during the Conservative Party election night event at Rogers Centre Ottawa on April 28, 2025 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images
At Conservative HQ, a sense of eagerness and anticipation
At the Conservatives’ party, there are only a couple hundred people in the room so far, but you can feel the eagerness as the early results creep in. You know that thing when you’re bowling and you wave your arms from the end of the lane to try to psychically direct the ball where you want it to go? The energy is like that.
The big projection screens here keep switching between television networks, and each time a network reports a specific seat leaning or definitively going Tory, a cheer goes up. A bigger roar went up at 8:13 p.m., when CBC showed the seat count on the East Coast tied at 13 apiece for the Conservatives and Liberals, and a brief chant of “bring it home” started up.
There’s a lot of wobbling in the standings at the moment because the results coming in are so preliminary and the counting seems to be going slowly out east. Still lots of time left to wave the bowling ball around.
04/28/25 20:40
Conservatives pick up a seat from Liberals in Newfoundland and Labrador
– Chris Hannay
Calls are starting to come in for seats in Newfoundland and Labrador. As of 8:20 p.m., two were called for the Liberals and two for the Conservatives. One of those Conservative wins – Long Range Mountains – is a pickup from the Liberals, while Central Newfoundland was the one Conservative win in 2021. In both ridings, the Conservatives won far more votes than last election.
04/28/25 20:35
The view from the Liberals’ election-night event in Ottawa
– Bill Curry
The stage is prepared for the election night event for Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Liberal Party leader, at TD Place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Monday, April 28, 2025.COLE BURSTON/The New York Times News Service
Hello, I’m Bill Curry, The Globe’s deputy Ottawa bureau chief. I’ve been on the road covering both Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre during the campaign. Tonight, I’m in Ottawa at the Liberal Party’s campaign headquarters at TD Place Arena with Globe political columnist Campbell Clark.
There is a large stage with a big screen showing election results. The feed alternates between the English CBC and the French Radio-Canada broadcasts. There are three large Canadian flags and Mr. Carney’s campaign slogan, Canada Strong, is prominent. Several television networks are set up with the stage as their background. As of 8:20 p.m., it’s mostly media in the space.
04/28/25 20:30
– Globe Staff
The Globe travelled from east to west across Canada, asking people what issues mattered to them in the 2025 federal election.
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Watch: What Canadians say matters most to them this election
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04/28/25 20:25
Conservatives hold battleground riding of Central Newfoundland
-Globe staff
Conservative incumbent Clifford Small held on to his seat in Central Newfoundland, defeating Liberal Lynette Powell and NDP candidate Darian Vincent. Mr. Small narrowly defeated the Liberals in 2021 by less than one percentage point in this riding, which was then named Coast of Bays–Central–Notre Dame. He was the only Conservative MP elected in the province between 2015 and 2025. He sat on the fisheries committee in the last Parliament.
04/28/25 20:15
First results come in Atlantic Canada
– The Canadian Press
The polls have closed in Atlantic Canada, where Liberal candidates are hoping that their party’s lead in the latest national opinion surveys will be reflected at the ballot boxes.
East Coast voters were expected to deliver a stay-the-course message to the governing Liberals, who have dominated the region since 2015 when the party won all 32 seats under Justin Trudeau.
But the Liberals’ grip on power slipped over the years under Mr. Trudeau’s leadership, and by the time his replacement, Mark Carney, called the election last month, the party had dipped to 23 seats, the Tories had risen to eight, and one seat – a Halifax riding previously held by a Liberal – was vacant.
The Conservatives – led by Pierre Poilievre – were expected to hold on to some, if not all of their seats in the region, while the New Democrats under Jagmeet Singh were hoping for a surprise breakthrough in Newfoundland or Nova Scotia.
04/28/25 20:10
Ontario’s 905 region to tell the story of the election, strategist says
– Laura Stone
Conservative strategist Kory Teneycke, who has been critical of the Poilievre campaign, said Monday that the story of the election will be told in the 905 – referring to the suburbs in the Greater Toronto Area.
Mr. Teneycke, campaign manager for Ontario Premier Doug Ford, told CTV News that the Conservative Party did not address the Trump threat early enough in the campaign. “My experience, having just come through an election in Ontario, is that was the issue that was driving voters and I think that’s what we’ve seen play out in this campaign,” Mr. Teneycke told CTV.
He said Pierre Poilievre’s campaign has moved in recent days to address the Trump issue – saying the Conservative Leader had a strong social-media post Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to annex Canada – and that he predicts a close race, particularly in the 905.
“What happens in that 905 belt is going to be pretty important,” he said.
04/28/25 20:05
Trade war the top issue for older voters, but an afterthought for younger Canadians
– Matt Lundy
Steel workers work at the ArcelorMittal Dofasco steel plant in Hamilton, Ont., on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press
In a recent story from my colleague Nojoud Al Mallees, there was a set of polling numbers that really stood out: The trade war is the top issue for voters 55 and older, but a relative afterthought for the younger crowd. It felt as if the campaign was hijacked by U.S. President Donald Trump and the very real threat of economic devastation from tariffs, obscuring other concerns.
And for young people, the mounting cost of living – particularly for homes – is a huge concern. Royal Bank of Canada said in a March report that affordability is “exceptionally stretched,” despite falling interest rates. And even with a recent slump in the real estate market, the national benchmark home price is around $700,000 – an increase of nearly $200,000 in six years. The next federal government will need to show how seriously it’s taking the housing crisis, even as the trade war sucks up all the oxygen in the room.
04/28/25 20:00
Elections Canada website goes down
– Emily Haws
Elections Canada’s website has gone down, about 40 minutes after polls closed in Newfoundland. The organization provides polling station information and voting requirements for voters. The site’s results tracker — and specific riding information — is still operational.
For voters unable to access the site, the agency says they can find their polling location by checking their voter information card, by phoning their local Elections Canada office, or by calling the national line at 1-800-463-6868.
04/28/25 19:50
Canada’s new and redrawn ridings, explained
– Kobe Tulloch
Canada has five new ridings in this federal election, for a total of 343. The districts were added in 2022, required by the 10-year census and the Canada Elections Act. They’re meant to reflect the growing population in Canada. Three of the new seats are in Alberta, with one in British Columbia and one in Ontario. Most ridings were redrawn, as populations have shifted around the country and grown at different rates. Toronto lost one of the Ontario ridings completely in the redrawing process, dropping from 25 districts to 24.
04/28/25 19:30
– Shannon Proudfoot
Crews work to prepare the Canada Hall at Rogers Centre Ottawa, Monday, April 28, 2025.Ashley Fraser/The Globe and Mail
The view from the Conservatives’ Ottawa election-night event
Senior political reporter Stephanie Levitz and I are at the Conservatives’ election-night event at the Rogers Centre. This is the default big-event venue in downtown Ottawa, which means it’s the same room where the Liberals had their Christmas party the day after Chrystia Freeland resigned in rather spectacular fashion, and where the Liberal leadership announcement took place less than two months ago. There are lots of political ghosts in this airplane hangar perched next to the Rideau Canal.
The room is very much in ready-and-waiting mode at the moment, with journalists all in place, and the public is just starting to trickle in. The giant Canada flag hanging beside the stage has been steamed, the bars at the centre of the room are set up but not yet open, and they just turned on the huge TVs displaying live results as the very first returns trickle in from Newfoundland.
04/28/25 19:25
Were the polls wrong? We’ll find out soon
– Laura Stone
Much has been made about the polls this campaign, and whether they’ve been able to truly capture what’s happening on the ground.
Many polls have put the Liberals in majority territory, with senior Grits musing privately about taking upward of 190 seats. The Tories believe they can outperform the polls, according to former Alberta premier Jason Kenney, who told CBC News Monday evening that the party hopes to draw on the “shy Tory” phenomenon, meaning that some people may not divulge their support publicly.
The NDP are trying to find solace in Ontario’s recent election campaign, which saw the provincial party trailing in third place leading up to election day. But the Ontario NDP had a more efficient vote than the second-place Liberals and were returned to Official Opposition status. We’ll see what happens this evening and whether the polls were right – or wrong.
04/28/25 18:50
When do election results come in?
– Kobe Tulloch
Elections Canada signs show the direction to the polling station, on the day of the election, in Dildo, Newfoundland, Canada, April 28, 2025.Greg Locke/Reuters
The first ballots will begin being counted in just a few minutes, as polls close in Newfoundland. Results will continue to come in as voting ends across the country, with the last polls closing in BC at 10:00 p.m. ET. You can follow our riding-by-riding map as preliminary results come in.
It is unclear how long it might take before final counts are delivered. Elections Canada received more than one million special ballots this election, which take much longer to tally than those cast at polling stations on election day.
A spokesperson from Elections Canada said their “rule of thumb is that a team of two counters can handle about 500 special ballots over the course of election night.” That could require more than 2,000 teams of counters across the country dedicated to special ballots alone.
Elections Canada says they are taking measures to provide results in a timely manner.
04/28/25 18:25
– Gary Mason
Why I’m keeping an eye on the NDP results tonight
Hi, I’m Gary Mason, The Globe’s national-affairs columnist based in Vancouver. This is shaping up to be one of the more interesting federal elections that I’ve covered or commented on in quite some time.
If the Liberals win, it will mark one of the most remarkable political turnarounds in Canadian history – maybe the most remarkable. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
One of the things I’m going to be on the lookout for is the performance of the NDP. The last time the party took less than 10 per cent of the popular vote was 25 years ago. But the party has been on a downward trajectory since its high-water mark of 103 seats, achieved in the 2011 “Orange Wave” election under leader Jack Layton. Between then and the last election, the party has seen its vote count drop by more than 1.5 million.
04/28/25 17:45
Elections Canada warns voters to watch for election day misinformation
– The Canadian Press
Voters cast their ballots at a polling place in the Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal in Montreal, on Monday, April 28, 2025.NASUNA STUART-ULIN/The New York Times News Service
Elections Canada is warning voters to disregard false information being shared on social media that says voting in the federal election was being delayed for people 60 and older.
An account on the X platform that is labelled “parody” posted an image of a fake Journal de Montréal story saying in French that people 60 and older would vote on Tuesday to avoid long lines.
Elections Canada published a message on its social-media accounts saying that people shouldn’t believe everything they see.
“Today is your last chance to vote at your assigned polling station,” the message says.
04/28/25 17:30
Trade war may cause recession in Canada, but U.S. businesses are suffering as well
– Matt Lundy
As Canada’s next prime minister deals with the trade war with the United States, it’s worth keeping in mind that the Trump administration’s tariffs are deeply unpopular with American business leaders – offering some hope of a resolution or concessions.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas published a survey today of Texas business executives, many of whom panned U.S. trade policies. “A lack of a plan and the arbitrary nature of the tariffs are killing business,” one unnamed executive said. “Tariff uncertainty and the timeline have created significant chaos,” another said.
So, yes, the trade war could send Canada into a recession. But the fallout won’t be one-sided, and the U.S. will be tested over how much pain it can endure.
04/28/25 17:10
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04/28/25 16:45
Ottawa voters share why they came out to vote
– Ian Bailey
Voters wait in line at a polling station in Ottawa Centre on the day of the federal election in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 28, 2025.Jennifer Gauthier/Reuters
Romy Andre was intent on voting today in his riding of Ottawa Centre, but had left his ID behind at his parents’ place in Orleans, in the east end of the city. He did, however, have a pair of purple rabbit ears, which he wore because, he said, they felt right.
As he left the polling station at a downtown Ottawa church, Mr. Andre, 24, said he has a lot on his plate. “I literally have two jobs and work six days a week so I guess I am kind of busy,” he said.
Along Elgin Street in the heart of the national capital, traffic seemed light on election day-afternoon.
Ottawa Centre covers the city’s downtown, including the Parliament Buildings. Its previous MPs have included onetime federal NDP leader Ed Broadbent and former Liberal environment minister Catherine McKenna. The incumbent MP is Liberal Yasir Naqvi, formerly Ontario’s attorney-general.
Mr. Andre said he could blame the system for not being able to vote. But, he added, “I kind of want to blame myself to be honest.”
Asked why he was intent on voting, he said, “The person I would never vote for? I’m kind of scared that they win.”
It was a more productive day for John Banys.
“It wasn’t very busy,” said Mr. Banys, 77, who was using a walker. He said the situation was complicated for him because he is visually impaired.
“It’s a good time right now to vote. Canada is going to go through a lot, and it’s going to have to have some leadership,” he said.
04/28/25 15:50
Next PM can bank on lower interest rates
– Matt Lundy
Here’s something Canada’s next prime minister can (almost certainly) bank on: lower interest rates.
The consensus on Bay Street and among investors is that the Bank of Canada will lower its policy interest rate – now at 2.75 per cent – several more times this year. The swaps market, which captures investor expectations of monetary policy, suggests the rate will fall to 2 per cent by December.
That would bring relief to many consumers and businesses. But this rosy scenario is tempered by the wide-ranging effects of the trade war, which will constrain economic growth and push up prices, a phenomenon known as stagflation. And as the Bank of Canada has said many times, it has a limited number of tools to counter the fallout from steep U.S. tariffs.
04/28/25 15:44
The stakes in Ontario battleground ridings
– Laura Stone
Hi, I’m Laura Stone, a Queen’s Park reporter for The Globe and Mail.
I usually report on provincial politics, but I dabble in federal politics, too. (I’m also one of those rare ones who actually hails from Ottawa!)
Tonight I’ll be helping with our election coverage from The Globe’s headquarters in Toronto.
In particular, I’ll be watching Battleground Ontario, where both the Liberals and Tories are vying for seats in the Greater Toronto Area.
We’ve seen an extraordinary intervention throughout the campaign from those close to Ontario Premier Doug Ford – and even the Premier himself. Kory Teneycke, a Conservative strategist who managed Mr. Ford’s three back-to-back majority-winning campaigns, has criticized Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s electoral strategy as “campaign malpractice.” And Mr. Ford has made no secret of his lack of a relationship with the federal leader.
It will be fascinating to see what happens tonight to the Conservative movement if Mr. Poilievre, who once led by more than 20 points in the polls, fails to lead his party to victory.
04/28/25 15:36
Mark Carney casts his vote
Liberal Leader Mark Carney casts his vote in Ottawa on Monday, April 28, 2025.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
Liberal Leader Mark Carney has cast his vote in Ottawa.
04/28/25 15:34
Liberals and Conservatives could take nearly 80% of vote
– Chris Hannay
John Diefenbaker speaking at Ukrainian Concert, Massey Hall in Toronto, January 26, 1964.James Lewcun/The Globe and Mail
If the election results line up with polling, the Conservatives and Liberals will take more than 80 per cent of the vote between them. This is actually quite unusual. There hasn’t been a federal election where the top two parties took that much of the vote since 1958, when John Diefenbaker led the Progressive Conservatives to a historic majority: 54 per cent of the popular vote and 208 (of 265) seats.
Since the 1993 election – which saw big wins for the Bloc Quebecois and Reform parties – Canada has routinely seen four or five parties each win more than 10 per cent of the vote. Not this time.
Polls suggest the Liberals and Conservatives are each hovering around 40-per-cent. That’s usually enough to win big in an election (see Stephen Harper in 2011 or Justin Trudeau in 2015). But for whichever party comes in second, it won’t be enough.
04/28/25 15:01
Whoever wins inherits a shaky economy
– Matt Lundy
Hi, I’m Matt Lundy, The Globe’s economics editor. Whoever wins this election will be taking the reins of an economy on shaky ground, a theme that was highlighted in the Bank of Canada’s quarterly market participants survey, published today. The median estimate from about 30 individuals – a mix of senior economists and strategists involved in Canadian financial markets – is that Canada’s gross domestic product will expand 1 per cent this year, down from a previous estimate of 1.8 per cent. A sizable portion of analysts (22 per cent) actually expect GDP to decline, implying a recession this year. The survey was conducted between March 13 and 20, coinciding with the early days of the Trump administration’s imposition of tariffs on steel and aluminum. Since then, the trade war has escalated.
04/28/25 14:57
After move from U.S., Toronto voter casts ballot with eye to political divide
– Dave McGinn
As little as six months ago, Gabriel Seamon was living in Philadelphia. Now, he’s afraid of returning to the U.S. any time soon.
Those fears were very much on the 26-year-old’s mind as he cast his ballot in a high school gymnasium in Toronto’s west end Monday.
“With what’s happened in the United States lately, and how drastically things have changed so fast, it’s more obvious to me than ever that it, like, matters more,” Mr. Seamon, who works in film and television, said of voting.
He worries that the political divisiveness he sees in the U.S. will spread to Canada if a certain federal leader wins the election, although he wouldn’t say who. If any of the other leaders win, he thinks Canada will be fine. Not perfect, but fine.
“Sometimes it’s more of, like, not wanting the worst than looking for something that’s, like, ideal,” he said.
04/28/25 14:38
On the ground in Vancouver where the mood is solemn after a horrific weekend
– Marsha Lederman
A woman lays flowers on Monday, April 28, 2025 at an impromptu memorial near the scene of the fatal vehicle ramming attack over the weekend that killed 11 people at a Filipino street festival in Vancouver. The school that hosted the weekend festival is also a polling station in Monday’s Canadian federal election.Jesse Winter/The Globe and Mail
Hello, I’m Marsha Lederman, a columnist in Vancouver. It is a very solemn day here after the horrific events of the weekend. But people have been voting since 7 a.m. (I just cast my own ballot), and I look forward to weighing in tonight on the results and any other election news.
One thing I want to say at this point is that whatever the results, they may lead to the end of some political careers. No matter what you think of their policies or approaches, people who go into politics generally have the greater good in mind. This is not an easy career or aspiration. So to everyone running in this election: Thank you!
04/28/25 13:56
Elizabeth May casts her ballot in Sidney, B.C.
– The Canadian Press
Green Party co-leader Elizabeth May cast her ballot in Sidney, B.C. She has represented the riding of Saanich—Gulf Islands since 2011.
04/28/25 13:52
New Brunswick is a bellwether this election
– Chris Hannay
Hi, I’m Chris Hannay, reporting from The Globe and Mail’s headquarters in Toronto.
Normally I write about the business of health care, but tonight I’m putting on my old politics hat. I worked in The Globe’s Ottawa bureau for seven years, and you can take the man out of Ottawa, but you can’t take Ottawa out of the man — or something like that.
I’ll be reporting on the election results as they come out. Before we start seeing vote counts, I’ll share some political history and statistics to help put the results in context.
The first results tonight will come from Atlantic Canada and will give us an early look at which way the wind is blowing. In 2015, the Liberals led by Justin Trudeau swept the whole region on the way to winning a majority government. In 2019 and 2021, they lost ground, particularly in rural regions, and had to settle for a minority government.
I’ll be looking at New Brunswick in particular as a bellwether. The Conservatives made major inroads and won four seats in 2021 in that province. If they do well there again, it could mean a happy night for the party.
04/28/25 13:46
On the ground in Toronto where one voter cites Trump and housing as reasons to vote
– Dave McGinn
Voters line up to cast their ballot at a polling station during Canada’s federal election in Toronto on Monday.Wa Lone/Reuters
Hi, I’m Dave McGinn, a reporter for The Globe and Mail. I am in Toronto today talking to people who are casting a ballot.
It took Gillian Bevan just a few minutes to do so at a polling station in the city’s west end at lunchtime Monday.
“It’s important that everyone has a say, especially with everyone on the U.S. right now,” said the 27-year-old actuary.
The threat to Canada’s sovereignty raised by U.S. President Donald Trump’s talk of turning Canada into the 51st state is one reason Ms. Bevan was determined to vote today.
Housing affordability is also top of mind for her.
“Being a young person in Toronto, I’m feeling like I might never afford a house,” she said.
04/28/25 13:25
Singh meets with staff and supporters in Port Moody, B.C.
– The Canadian Press
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks to volunteers during a sign waving campaign event with Port Moody-Coquitlam NDP candidate Bonita Zarrillo, front left, on election day, in Port Moody, B.C.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh stopped to talk to campaign staff and volunteers in Port Moody, B.C. alongside NDP incumbent candidate Bonita Zarrillo earlier this morning. The assembled group of a couple dozen people held up NDP signs to attract the eye of drivers on their morning commute.
Mr. Singh talked about the importance of knocking on doors ahead of polls closing to try and get as many voters out as possible.
The NDP leader continued with his campaign message that things like dental care and pharmacare only happened because people chose to send New Democrats to Ottawa.
Mr. Singh is the incumbent candidate in Burnaby Central, which was formally known as Burnaby South before the boundaries were redrawn in the regular Elections Canada boundary review.
Mr. Singh and his wife, Gurkiran Kaur Sidhu, cast their ballots in early voting in Burnaby, B.C., on April 18.
04/28/25 13:18
The Globe spent this election travelling the country, in search of the Canadian public mood
– Eric Andrew-Gee
Canadian military veteran Hamilton White, left, and his wife Andrea Boyd-White of Antigonish county, NS, finish up lunch at the Fleur-de-Lis diner in Port Hawkesbury, NS, on March 13, 2025.Steve Wadden/The Globe and Mail
Postcards are for clichés: the CN Tower, Lake Louise, a Maritime lighthouse. They’re pretty, and don’t tell you much.
In the past month, The Globe has set out to write a different kind of Canadian postcard, visiting cities and towns in sometimes-overlooked corners of the country and producing dispatches that show the place in the round, its underbelly as well as its pretty face.
We’re in a time of national soul-searching, prompted by annexation threats and a federal election, and this series has been a part of that process. Reporters based in Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax all hit the road, sometimes returning to their home towns, sometimes visiting places they had never been before.
Read stories from our East to West postcard series here.
04/28/25 12:33
Atlantic Canada voters appear poised to widely support federal Liberals
– The Canadian Press
Earle Reid, the first voter at the polling station on the day of the election, in Dildo, Newfoundland.Greg Locke/Reuters
Voters in Canada’s four Atlantic provinces are expected to deliver a stay-the-course message to the country’s governing Liberals today as voting gets underway on the East Coast.
The party has dominated the region since 2015 when it won all 32 seats, but its grip on power slipped over the years under Justin Trudeau’s leadership.
When Liberal Leader Mark Carney called the election last month, his party held 23 seats, the Conservatives had eight, and one seat — a Halifax riding previously held by a Liberal — was vacant.
The latest polls were suggesting strong support for Liberals across the Atlantic region, but the Conservatives — led by Pierre Poilievre — were expected to hold on to some of their seats, while the New Democrats under Jagmeet Singh could be shut out again.
Pundits say Poilievre’s aggressive, populist style of leadership has been a tough sell in Atlantic Canada, where traditional Progressive Conservatives — including Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston — have largely shunned the federal Tory leader, who visited Nova Scotia only once during the campaign.
Meanwhile, Carney’s focus on dealing with the economic chaos unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump has paid dividends for the Liberals, whose approval ratings were higher in Atlantic Canada than in any other region.
04/28/25 11:59
Voters in Windsor, Ont., redirected after fire at polling station
– The Canadian Press
Voters are being redirected to a new location to cast their ballots in Windsor, Ont., after a fire closed down a recreation centre that was serving as a federal election polling station.
The Windsor fire department says crews responded to a fire on the roof of the WFCU Centre on Monday morning and everyone inside was evacuated.
The fire service says Elections Canada has moved the polling station to St. Joseph’s Catholic High School nearby.
It says the fire was under control as of 11 a.m., and a fire investigator will go to the WFCU Centre to look into the cause of the blaze.
Elections Canada was still listing the centre as a voting location in Monday’s federal election just before noon.
The elections agency did not immediately respond to a request for more information.
04/28/25 11:43
Blanchet casts his vote at Quebec polling station
– The Canadian Press
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet votes on federal election day in the riding of Beloeil-Chambly, Que.GRAHAM HUGHES/AFP/Getty Images
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet cast a ballot in Beloeil, Que. before meeting with reporters.
Mr. Blanchet says he’s not so much nervous as he is impatient for the results to start coming in later today and to see if the party meets its objectives for this election – which he wouldn’t divulge. His party went into the campaign with 33 seats.
Unlike his opponents, Mr. Blanchet has not taken to describing the federal election as being the “most consequential” and says it’s an important election like any other and should not be taken lightly.
He also urged Quebecers to get out and vote.
04/28/25 11:36
The key ridings to watch
– Reuters
A car enters the parking lot at a polling place on federal election day in Ottawa, Canada on Monday.GEOFF ROBINS/AFP/Getty Images
Burnaby Central, B.C.
The result here could help show whether the NDP have a future. Burnaby Central is a new riding, replacing Burnaby South. This was held by NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Polls suggest Mr. Singh, who is the NDP candidate, is running third in the new riding as left-leaning voters coalesce behind the Liberals.
Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill, Ont.
Key to any victory is the Golden Horseshoe, a riding-rich crescent that sits on Lake Ontario and includes Toronto as well as other cities. The Conservatives held Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill from 2018 to 2021. If they are to take advantage of unhappiness over living costs, immigration and a housing crisis – factors that dominated politics before U.S. President Donald Trump began threatening tariffs and annexation – the riding is a key target.
Trois-Rivieres, Que.
Any party wishing to win power must also perform well in Quebec, which has the second-largest number of seats in the House of Commons. It is the only province with its own party, Bloc Québécois, which is seeking independence for the province and whose fortunes can swing wildly. Trois-Rivieres is one of several in Quebec where three (and sometimes four parties) contend for the vote. The 2021 result was tight, with the Bloc winning by just 83 votes of the 58,110 that were cast.
Edmonton Southeast, Alta.
The Liberals have traditionally fared poorly in the western oil-producing province of Alberta, thanks to former Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who introduced unpopular energy policies in the 1980s. Some of this enmity rubbed off on his son, former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who at best only won a handful of Alberta seats. Now that Justin Trudeau is gone, the Liberals have a chance to repair their reputation. Ex-Liberal cabinet minister Amarjeet Sohi is running in the new riding of Edmonton Southeast, and if he wins, it will be a sign the party can succeed even in hostile territory.
Cumberland-Colchester, N.S.
The four provinces in Atlantic Canada, which contain a total of 32 seats and report their results first, often offer an early indication as to how the election might go. The region is politically volatile and results can swing broadly. The Liberals won Cumberland-Colchester by a few hundred votes in 2019 but lost it to the Conservatives in 2021.
Burlington, Ont.
This Ontario riding southwest of Toronto is the ultimate in Canadian bellwethers, having elected a legislator from the winning party for 12 consecutive elections going back to 1984.
04/28/25 11:24
Elections Canada says it’s managing long ballot with 90 candidates challenging Poilievre
– The Canadian Press
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is being challenged by 90 other candidates on the ballot.
Poilievre is in a tight race against Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy, who has been waging an intense ground battle in the riding. But a protest group called the Longest Ballot Committee has convinced dozens of other candidates to register to run as Independents in Poilievre’s Ottawa-Carleton riding, in addition to the usual main party candidates.
The protest group opposes the first-past-the-post voting system and is seeking to build support for electoral reform.
Elections Canada says it has measures in place to help people vote in the Ontario riding. For example, the ballot for the Carleton electoral district is larger and has two columns with candidate names, which are listed alphabetically.
A large-print list of candidates will also be available and a braille template has been modified to fit the two-column ballot.
To maintain the integrity and security of the ballot, the agency says poll workers will be trained in a new method of folding the large ballot “so as to maintain the secrecy of the vote.”
It also says the “unusual form and size” of the ballot requires that experienced election officers be assigned to polling stations.
04/28/25 11:08
Poilievre casts his ballot at a polling station in Ottawa area
– The Canadian Press
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife Anaida Poilievre make their way to cast their votes in the federal election on Monday in Ottawa.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre cast his ballot alongside his wife, Anaida Poilievre, at a polling station in Ottawa.
He remarked, “look at the size of the ballot” when he walked up to the voting booth. Mr. Poilievre’s riding of Carleton was targeted by a protest group filling the slate up with independent candidates to inflate the physical size of ballots and delay the count.
As he placed his ballot in the box, Mr. Poilievre told the gathered cameras: “Alright everyone, get out to vote — for a change,” echoing his slogan from the campaign.
04/28/25 11:04
From taxes to housing, here’s what each major party is promising for your finances
– Julia Stratton
Election Personal Finance Platform Tracker 2025Photo illustration The globe and mail. Source images Getty Images/Getty Images
As Canadian voters head to the polls, many are thinking about how their personal finances are being affected by affordability challenges in recent years and now a global trade war.
From taxes to housing, here’s what you need to know about each party’s platform and where they stand on the issues that affect Canadians’ pocketbooks the most.
Read our platform guide on what each party is promising for your finances.
04/28/25 10:37
Poilievre, Carney, Singh respond to Trump comments
– Globe staff
After U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social about Canada’s election, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre responded on X, writing, “President Trump, stay out of our election. The only people who will decide the future of Canada are Canadians at the ballot box.
“Canada will always be proud, sovereign and independent and we will NEVER be the 51st state,” wrote Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on X.
Liberal Leader Mark Carney also posted a video on X shortly afterward that didn’t directly mention Mr. Trump but stated: “This is Canada — and we decide what happens here.”
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh responded on X to Mr. Trump’s comments. “He doesn’t choose our future. We do,” he wrote. “Every New Democrat you send to Ottawa will stand up for our country.”
04/28/25 10:12
The system created to help homeless Canadians vote
– Ian Bailey, Andrea Woo
Scott Rodger had housing in Quebec when he voted in the last federal election, but now, in Ottawa, he doesn’t. Nor does he have ID that meet Elections Canada’s requirements.Spencer Colby/The Globe and Mail
Elections Canada says it has been tackling the issue of homeless voters. “Some people face greater barriers than others when it comes to participating in elections,” Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault said in a statement. “It’s important for us to understand what those barriers are and work to reduce them.”
Homeless people who want to vote have several options. They need to present two pieces of ID, one of which can be a letter provided by an establishment that provides food, housing or social services. If they have neither, they can come to the polling station with someone who can vouch for them.
George Cicken has been staying with his mother in Vancouver since losing his home in Haida Gwaii in early 2024.
“It was a bit of a hassle getting registered but not too bad,” he said. “I got a bill with my name on it and my mother’s address, as well as an ID that I had from Haida Gwaii.”
Mr. Cicken noted the narrow margin of victory in B.C.’s provincial election last fall, saying it proved that every vote counts.
04/28/25 10:00
Polls are now open across Canada
– The Canadian Press
Polling stations are now open across the country as voters in British Columbia and Yukon join other Canadians heading to the polls.
04/28/25 09:47
TSX opens higher as Canada heads to polls
– Reuters
Canada’s main stock index opened higher on Monday, as investors prepared for the outcome of the general election in the backdrop of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war.
At 9:31 a.m. ET, the Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index was up 0.16 per cent at 24,751.01 points.
04/28/25 09:32
How Indigenous groups have been working to get the vote out ahead of the federal election
– Willow Fiddler
Indigenous groups across Canada are trying through campaigns to encourage First Nations residents to cast ballots in order to have a say on issues that directly affect them. The Assembly of First Nations has also worked with Elections Canada to compile several resources for communities to assist voters, including materials in 13 Indigenous languages.
The remoteness of many Indigenous communities is a challenge to getting out the vote and it can be more difficult to hire and train election staff in these areas. But although other barriers Indigenous voters commonly face, such as proving identities and addresses, have improved since 2015 according to Elections Canada, the population is still less likely to turn out than non- Indigenous voters.
Kent McDonald hopes he will be able to vote on Monday after experiencing significant barriers in the 2021 federal election that led him to not cast a ballot.
The math and science teacher living on Little Red River Cree Nation, a semiremote Northern Alberta reserve about 800 kilometres north of Edmonton comprised of three communities, said he had planned to vote during his break at school where a polling station was supposed to be set up.
“We got to school that day and found out that no one had talked to the school about setting up a polling station there,” Mr. McDonald told The Globe and Mail.
Instead, he and members of his community of Fox Lake would have had to travel to a neighbouring community 40 kilometres away, a trip he said would involve driving through 15-centimetre mud ruts and with two-hour wait times each way for the barge that could only take two cars at a time.
Elections Canada has been working to remedy some of the problems from 2021 in Little Red River ahead of Monday’s vote, said Leanne Nyirfa, the agency’s regional media adviser for Alberta. She said the agency has been working with the Fox Lake band for several months and confirmed a polling station will be set up at the Jean-Baptiste Sewepagaham High School, where Mr. McDonald works.
04/28/25 09:30
Polls are now open in most of Canada
– The Canadian Press
Polls are now open in a majority of provinces and territories.
Voters in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Northwest Territories and Nunavut can cast their ballots for the next 12 hours.
04/28/25 09:14
Trump weighs in on election day
– The Canadian Press
U.S. President Donald Trump weighed in on Canada’s election today, repeating his claim that Canada should become a U.S. state.
Mr. Trump’s tariffs and repeated threats of annexation have become a central issue ahead of today’s vote.
The president posted on his Truth Social platform that Canada could become a 51st state without “an artificially drawn line from many years ago.”
Mr. Trump says Canadians should “elect the man who has the strength and wisdom to cut your taxes in half, increase your military power, for free, to the highest level in the World.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that the U.S. administration will work with the new leadership of Canada.
He said there are areas for cooperation but that Mr. Trump is not happy with trade.
The president posted on his Truth Social platform that Canada could become a 51st state without “an artificially drawn line from many years ago.”
04/28/25 09:07
East to West: What matters to rural Canada in this election
It’s impossible to get a full picture of a country as big and diverse as Canada, but audio journalist Kasia Mychajlowycz set out on a road trip to ask as many people as she could: What’s the most important issue to you in this election campaign and why?
The answers ranged from affordability to health care, trust in government, reconciliation, tariffs and more. But in more than 35 interviews in a dozen places over seven provinces, people went beyond politics, retelling the joys, challenges and tragedies that make up all our lives.
Listen to the first instalment of East to West: voices in Atlantic Canada ahead of the election.
04/28/25 08:38
Where the federal party leaders are on Election Day
– The Canadian Press
From left to right: Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Liberal Leader Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and co-leader of the Green Party Elizabeth May.The Canadian Press
Here’s where the leaders of Canada’s main political parties are on Election Day.
Liberal Leader Mark Carney
Mr. Carney will spend election night in Ottawa. He is expected to vote in the city on election day and will host an election night party that’s expected to begin at 9:30 p.m.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre
No public events scheduled.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh
Mr. Singh is scheduled to spend the day in British Columbia. He is expected to hold a campaign event at 8 a.m. in Port Moody, and will later travel to Burnaby to attend a Day of Mourning event. At 7 p.m., Singh will attend his election night event in Burnaby.
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet
Mr. Blanchet is expected to spend the morning travelling around Quebec where he will meet with local candidates. He is expected to vote in Chambly, Que., around 10 a.m. Later, he is set to travel to Montreal where his party will hold an election night event at a hotel starting at 7 p.m.
Green Party Co-Leaders Elizabeth May and Jonathan Pedneault
Ms. May is expected to spend election day in B.C., where she will cast her ballot and spend the day with local supporters. She will host her election night watch party in Victoria, which is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.
Mr. Pedneault will spend the day in his Montreal riding and will host an election party in Montreal starting at 8 p.m.
04/28/25 08:18
Mail-in votes are matching their pandemic peak, but snap election puts international voters on tight deadline
– Kobe Tulloch
A eligible voter holds a voter information card after it arrived in the mail in a Carleton Place, Ont., Friday, April 11, 2025.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
Leonard Belsher is his 87-year-old mother’s primary caregiver. When the federal election was called on short notice, they had already made travel plans for election day. Worried about his mother waiting in long lines at advance polls, which ended up seeing a record-breaking 7.3 million voters, he inquired about voting by mail.
Mr. Belsher, of Shawville, Que., is one of many Canadians who opted for a mail-in ballot.
Elections Canada has received 1,007,569 special ballots from voters thus far and says the tally is quickly approaching the record 1.17 million ballots received in the 2021 federal election. There are still 248,000 ballots yet to be returned, so it’s possible this election will break the pandemic high.
But the short election cycle that has more Canadians voting by mail may also be leaving the ballots of Canadians living abroad in danger of going uncounted.
A record-breaking 101,694 voting kits have been sent out to Canadians living abroad in this election, nearly double the 55,000 that were sent out in both 2019 and 2021. About 20,000 of those new international voters currently reside in the U.S.
As of Saturday, only one-third of the issued international ballots have been returned to Elections Canada – thousands fewer than were received in the previous two elections.
Read more about the international ballots sent out during this election campaign.
04/28/25 08:06
A voter’s guide to Canada’s (potential) economic future
– Jason Kirby, Nojoud Al Mallees and Mark Rendell
Illustration by Sam Island
If the federal election were being fought in a domestic vacuum, without the casual threats of annexation and economic obliteration spewing from the White House, it would still be one for the ages.
Canada’s economy has experienced a historic bout of weak productivity and grappled with the fallout from record levels of immigration. And one must go back decades to find a housing market this unaffordable.
But, of course, this isn’t just an election battle about how to fix Canada’s homegrown challenges. U.S. President Donald Trump has fractured the global economic order and sewn unprecedented uncertainty, while his tariffs on many imports from Canada threaten investment and jobs in profound ways.
Rarely have the economic stakes been so high in a federal election.
From housing to energy, jobs, trade, productivity and Canada’s fiscal health, here are the ways Canada’s main parties are promising to safeguard the economy – and why those promises may be difficult to keep.
Read our full voter’s guide to economic issues here.
04/28/25 07:48
TSX futures slip as Canada goes into election
– S.R. Slobodian
Futures for Canada’s main stock index were marginally lower Monday, with investors staying on the sidelines as the country heads into a federal election against the backdrop of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war.
June futures on the S&P/TSX index were down 0.13 per cent at 6.30 a.m. ET.
Meanwhile, the Canadian dollar weakened against its U.S. counterpart.
The day range on the loonie was 71.97 US cents to 72.20 US cents in early trading. The Canadian dollar was up about 3.7 per cent against the greenback over the past month.
The U.S. dollar index, which weighs the greenback against a group of currencies, rose 0.13 per cent to 99.60.
Here’s what every Canadian investor needs to know today.
04/28/25 07:36
What voting in Canada’s High Arctic looks like
– Marie Woolf
A voting kiosk is flown across the river from Dawson City to West Dawson by helicopter so scientists working at the Eureka Weather station in the high Arctic can vote in the federal election.Gabriela Sgaga/Supplied
For the handful of scientists at the Eureka weather station in the High Arctic, voting is not a matter of trotting along to the local polling station.
Located at the top of the world, on the remote and rugged Ellesmere Island, even aircraft have trouble reaching the tiny weather base where temperatures can edge as low as -50.
So it took a military operation – with planning by three branches of the federal government and the help of a skilled Air Force pilot – to get ballots to seven Arctic weather forecasters in time for polling day.
Last week, at 10:40 a.m. on Wednesday, a Hercules military transport plane landed at the small gravel airstrip at the isolated weather station. It was only 13 below – balmy conditions for the High Arctic – and the researchers rushed out of their living quarters to collect their ballots.
They had been transported in a special sealed box, provided by Elections Canada, in a joint operation planned with precision with the federal Environment Department, which runs the weather station, and the Department of National Defence.
Read the full story about voting in Canada’s High Arctic here.
04/28/25 07:23
A look at the main parties’ platforms
– Globe staff
Election Platform guide 2025Source images The Canadian Press, Reuters, Getty Images/Custom
We compiled a comparative list for the Liberals, Conservatives, NDP, Bloc Québécois, Greens and the People’s Party. Here’s what you need to know about each party’s platform and where they stand on the issues that affect Canadians the most.
Take a look at the full platform guide here.
04/28/25 07:00
When are polling stations open across Canada?
– Kobe Tulloch
A woman arrives at a polling station during early voting for the federal election in Montreal, Quebec on April 20, 2025.Graham Hughes/Reuters
Voting windows vary by time zone:
- Newfoundland Time: 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- Atlantic Time: 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- Eastern Time: 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
- Central Time: 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- Mountain Time: 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- Pacific Time: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
For electoral districts that span more than one time zone, you can find a list of voting hours here.
Elections Canada says the voting hours are staggered so the majority of results are available at approximately the same time across the country.
04/28/25 07:00
Where do I go to vote today?
– Bianca Bharti
A sign directing people to a hall to cast their ballot at a polling station during early voting for Canada’s federal election in Montreal on April 20, 2025.Graham Hughes/Reuters
Canadians 18 and older are eligible to vote at the polling station in their riding. You can find your riding and the address of your polling station on the Elections Canada website by entering your postal code.
To vote, you can either bring photo ID or two pieces of ID – at least one with your current address. A list of acceptable forms of ID can be found here. (If you have received your voter registration card in the mail, bring that along with you.)
If you don’t have ID with you, you may declare your identity and address in writing and have someone who knows you and is assigned to your polling station vouch for you.
04/27/25 21:40
Party leaders offer condolences after deadly Vancouver festival incident
– Stephanie Levitz
Vancouver’s interim police chief is shown speaking after Saturday night’s deadly incident at the Lapu Lapu Festival, on Apr. 27, 2025.
The Globe and Mail
A pall was cast over the final day of the federal election campaign as party leaders adjusted their schedules in response to a deadly attack in Vancouver that left at least 11 people dead and many more injured.
Liberal Leader Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh were at times openly emotional as they expressed horror and sadness over the attack at the Filipino community’s Lapu Lapu Festival late Saturday night.
All recalibrated the timing and tone of their final events the day before Canadians head to the polls to elect a new government.
Mr. Singh was at the festival hours before the attack occurred, and broke into tears as he told reporters Sunday morning that he couldn’t get the images of the joyful children he’d seen there out of his head.